‘Volendam: A Refugee Story’ is Haunting, Yet Joyful
I hold the DVD for Volendam: A Refugee Story in my hands. It’s a new documentary directed by Andrew Wall of Refuge 31 Films, about […]
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The Handwriting of My Great-Great-Great-Grandfather, Peter Baerg
Every Archivists’ nightmare: that’s what that feature photo sure is. I really need to get some white gloves. Thanks to Grandma Online, I’d discovered that […]
(This Was My Saturday Morning!) MHSC: Preserving A Past
(Feature photo: Q&A for the first session, chaired by Aileen Friesen. Seated, L-R: Jenna Klassen, Conrad Stoesz, Royden Loewen.) You probably know this already; it’s […]
On Moustache Grooming and Mennonite History: 5 Questions with Archivist Conrad Stoesz
Conrad Stoesz has been archivist at the Mennonite Heritage Archives in Winnipeg since 1999. He is on the board of the Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society and […]
A Mennonite Abortion Recipe?
It’s no secret that Mennonite families were historically pretty large. I’d always assumed that before modern birth control, Mennonites simply accepted whatever amount of children they […]